Emergency landing at Algarve airport

A flight from the UK bound for Morocco, has been forced to make an emergency landing at Faro airport.

By TPN/Lusa, in News, Portugal, Algarve · 10 Apr 2022, 10:47 · 2 Comments

According to the Civil Protection, the pilot felt unwell and required medical assistance.

"It was a red alert for Faro airport, the airport's previous intervention plan was activated, due to a situation of indisposition with regards to sudden illness of the pilot", explained a source from the District Relief Operations Command (CDOS) of Faro to Lusa agency.

The same source explained that the flight in question “had its origin in Luton [in the United Kingdom] and destination Agadir, in Morocco”, and the rescue teams received the alert at 10:22, having made the pre-positioning of means for the aircraft landing.

The plane “landed safely, the pilot was assisted and transported to the hospital in Faro”, and there were no more passengers in need of assistance, explained the source from CDOS in Faro.

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Comments

I checked the EASYJET website and they are offering hotel rooms to the passengers tonight and plan on departing Faro tomorrow, Monday, at 12:15, flight number ezy9213. No news about the pilot, they only say that the emergency landing was due to a welfare issue. See the info on their webpage here: https://www.easyjet.com/en/flight-tracker/2213

By Luis Silva from Lisbon on 10 Apr 2022, 16:56

The EASYJET flight EZY9213 is now, at 13:40, more than half way to destination in Morocco. Anyone knows the condition of the sick pilot? Is he still at the hospital or has he been discharged?

By Luis Silva from Lisbon on 11 Apr 2022, 12:43